Seed-distributer.



APPLICATION PllLBD DEO..1-4, 1906. 3 SHBETS SHBET l' Witnesses PATENTED AUG. 4, 1908. V. G. GUTHRIE..

SEED DISTRIBUTER.

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APPLIOATION P'ILBD DBO. 14,1906.

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9 `is a side view of thesaid ing frame which may be carried by a ve '55 e va shaft C which Acarries a sprocket wheel C.

VICTOR. GLAUCUS GUTHRIE, OF WINTERS, CALIFORNIA.

SEED-DISTRIBUTER;

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' specification of Letters Patent.`

Fatented Aug. 4, 1908.

Application filed December 14, 1906. Serial No. 347,853.

To all whom it may concern.' j

Be it known that I, Vieron GLAUcUs GUTHRIE, a citizenA of the United Statearesiding at Winters, in the county of Yolo and 5 State of California, have invented a new and useful 'Improvement in Seed-Distributers, of which the following is -a specili'cation.

This invention relates to alseed distributerr` the sowing 10 of the .see lbroad-'cast and a further object of the invention is to direct the throw of the' and the4 ob'ect ofthe invention is seed so that it will fall either directly to the rear and partially upon the sides or entirely upon one side vof a movable vehicle.

The invention consists 'in aho per, means for feedin ,theseed-frc') said opper to `a rotatable isk provided Wri'ih deflectmg blades carried by Wings formeden the' disk, and an adjustable deflecting plate,` 'cooperating with n 20 the disk, and deilecting the seed to the proper blade. I lIn the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s a side elevatlcn of the seed' distributing p mechanism, portions of a supporting frame 25 being in section.` Fig. 2 is a section on the' d line 2-2'of Fig. 1. 4 Fig. 3 is a-vertical sec. 'tion takenf through the seed distributing' mechanism, a part 'of a hopper'being also shown in section.. Fig.v 4 is a -plan .view of per botton'lll and valves controlling the How o seed rom said. hopper. Fig; 5 is a plan view of the central portion of a.distrib late being Fig. 6 isa p an view of Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an inverted plan view of the ydeflector plate anda collar and earformed integral with it, the gear Wheel eing partly yindicated in dotted lines. Fig. plate, collar and `ear wheel. Figql'() is a plan view of a anged collar and Fig'. 11 is a side view of said collar. e l

In these drawings A represents a sup ort# she'wn in section.

of any kind and can beattached to' therear --portion of anbrdinary farm wagon. Mounted upon' this frame isa hopper 'B,'which is 1 'provided with a slotB through which suit' able slide valves to be hereaiter'described .Worlr.: 'The bottom'A of the hopper B2 is extended a considerable distance upon the slotted sideof the hopper to form asupport for these valves; v

In the frame below the hopper is mounted cle In use a chain, not shown, of lthe ordinary kind is run over this sprocket from a drive axle of the vehicle or driven in any other desired manner.

A cog wheel C2, is mounted upon the shaft C, and in a bracket D is mounted vertically a shaft D upon which is keyed a beveled pincog wheel C2.

ion D2. which meshes with the teeth of the Upon the upper end 'of the shaft D is keyed a disk E, which is provided with Wings E, and with radially extending deector bladesE2 which are formed upon the disk and which are co-incident with the straight edges of the wingsE. These deflector blades arein the nature of ribs or shoulders and terminate at their inner ends short ofthe center of the disk and extend outwardly to the tip Vof the wings. g l

An annular shoulder E3 is carried by the inner ends ofthe blade E2 and I prefer to cast the disk, wings, deector blades and the said shoulder lall in one piece. -under side of thehopperB, which Upon the discharges ownwardly,ir`fthe customary manner, is

bolted a flanged cylindrical collar F, the outer face of. which is provided with an annular groove F.

A collar Giits rotatably upon the collar F,and pins E2 carried by the collar 1G, have their inner ends resting in the groove F and travel in said groove when the collar G is vrotated upon the collar F. A collar G carries a gear wheel J, upon itsupper edge and a depending flange J', u' on its vlower edge which flange is of less thickness than the colplate J2. When. the parts are'an o'sition, the collar F`rests concentric with t e annular and consequently is .of a smaller exterior I diameter. lUpon one side the iiange J is 'extended downwardly forming dellector'gs lar shoulder E3 and the collaLG rests upon said shoulder and .the ilange J', rests be- 'tween the sai-d shoulder and the collar F, and the deflector plate J2 extends downwardly to the disk E, and'is of suiicient length to extend from the inner end ofone of the deflector blades E2 toan adjacent blade, thus entirely cutting off one of the 'wings E from communication with thecollar F into whichthe hopper discharges the' seed.

Slide valves K and L are supported by the Aextension B2 and ywork through the slot B',

Theslide valve K rests upon and slides on v the valve L. 'At their outer ends they ,arey

provided with flanges K and L', respectively. A threaded rod K2 works through the flange K and is operated by a suitable handle or crank K3. The valve L is oper ated by a lever L2 which is pivotally connected tothe flange Lf; The valve L, is notched at its inner end as shown at L3. A Worm gear H is also supported by the frame A and meshes with the gear J and is operated by a hand wheel H f It will lbe obvious that the valve L is adapted for a quick movement and is used when itis desired to entirely cut off the flow of seed. Or when certain seed such as flax are to be sown the valve L is moved inwardlyso as to barely rest across the feed opening .the seed being fed through the notch L3. The flange K being adapted for a slow movement is employed to regulate the amount of seed fed from the hopper, the side L being thrown entirely open, and the flow 'of seed being regulated by proper adjustment of the slide K. As the seed falls through the collar F open the revolving disk E it will be thrown outwardly by centrifugal l either direction, the seed can be cut off from a line fence the throw of the seed toward the.

either side and thrown to the rear and upon the opposite side. By this means, for' example, when the vehic e was driven adjacent fence could be revented. v

Having' thus ully described my invention,

"What claim 'as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, Aisz- 1. In a seed distributer, a winged disk, de

flector blades co-incident with the edges of .the wings,said blades terminating short of lthe ,disk center, :an annular shoulder carried by said blades and connecting their inner portions, a collar resting on said shoulder and having a flange fitting within. the-shoulder, and a deflector .plate carried bysaid flange and extending from one deflect'or blade t-o another.

2. A device of the kind described coml prising a disk having wings,`radial deflector lades formed on said disk and extending outwardly upon the wings and terminating short @of the center of the disk, a movable deilector plate adapted to connect the inner ends of two of the deflector blades, and means for simultaneousl feeding seed to the disk and rotating Vthe isk.,

3. A device of the kind described comprismg a rotatable winged disk, deilecter blades formed radially upon the disk each blade being co-ineident with a straight edge of one of the wings and terminating short of the center of the disk, means for feeding seed te the disk, means for rotating the disk and a normally stationary cellar supported immediately above the disk and having a flanged extension connecting the inner ends of the deilector blades as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a device of the kind described a rotatable winged disk receiving seed from a suitable source of supply, and dischargingr the same by centrifugal action, and adjustable means coperating with the disk and directing the throw of the seed to the desired portion of the disk.

5. A device of the kindA described comprising a rotatable vertical shaft, a disk keyed thereon, radial deflector blades carried by the disk and stopping short of the center of the disk, an annular shoulder carried by the inner portions of the said blades, a he iper, a feed collar carried by the hopper an having its lower end concentric' w1th saidv shoulder, a vcollar ada ted to rotate about the first mentween the said collar and shoulder, said flange having an extension extending downwardly to the disk and connecting the inner end of two adjacent dellector blades.

6. A device of the kind described comprising a frame, the he per carried thereby, a driven shaft carried y said frame below the hopper, a vertical shaft between thc hopper and first mentioned shaft, a cog wheel mounted on the first mentioned shaft, a beveled pinion mounted upon the vertical shaftand meshing with the cog wheel, a disk keyed upon the upper end of the vertical shaft, and deflector blades carried by said disk, seed discharged fromthe hopper falling upon said disk. 7. In a seed distributer a hopper, valves regulatingthe flow of seed from said hopper, one of said valves having a quick motion and the other having a slow motion, a rotatable disk arrangedbelow the hopper and receiving seed therefrom, dellecter blades carried by the disk and stopping short of the center of the disk, a collar 'rotatably supported by the hopper, a gear wheel carried y the collar, a deflecter plate carried by the collar, said plate extendlng from the inner blade, and a worm gear meshing with the lend of one dellector blade to an adjacent f said gear wheel as and for the purpose set 8.- In 'a seed distributor, a hopper, a disk provided with wings and. deflector blades receiving seed from the hop ver, said delector blades terminating short o the center of the disk, a'collarrot'atabl'y supported by the hopper, 'a gear Wheel carried by said collar, a from said flange, said plate resting upon the depending flange carried by the* collar, an l disk and'extending from the inner end of 10 annuler shoulder formed on the central one delector blade to the inner end of the part of the disk; said shoulder resting ipon other, and means for rotating said gear.

the inner lportions of the deilector blades, VICTOR GLAUCUS' GUTHRIE. the said co lar resting upon said shoulder7 the Witnesses: depending ange resting Within the shoulder, JAMES M. CLUM,

and a deflector plate extendingdownwardly J. A. HENDERSON. 

